| Type | Essay |
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| Date | 1967-09 |
| Series | Star Trek fanfiction |
An essay by Devra Michele Langsam in academic style (with citations in end notes!) considering whether Vulcans experience emotions. It concludes:
It is the firm conviction of the author that Vulcan emotions do exist, however unlike human emotions they may be, and that these cannot be ignored in dealing with that planet's sentient species.
The essay's conclusion turned out to be correct, in fact: later Trek indicates that Vulcans do not lack emotions, merely control them. This is the earliest example of serious investigation into the 'facts' of the Star Trek universe I've seen; many more would follow.
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| Devra Michele Langsam | Author |
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